Born Yesterday Pale Ale | Lagunitas Brewing Company

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Since Born Yesterday is bottled and shipped the very same day—probably the freshest Fresh Hop ale you'll get your paws on—the arrival date is kinda in the air 'til things get closer and nature says so. Kinda like a fresh lil' newborn, only this puppy is made from whole-cone, un-kilned Mosaic, Equinox, Citra, Simcoe and Amarillo hops from our farmer friends in Yakima, WA. It's borning soon. Wanna be the first to know when? You've gotta guess first …

Gorgeous appearance. The shockingly clear, golden-amber liquid was topped by a tight, sea foam, two-finger tall, eggshell colored crown that slowly dropped to a frothy cap. Drippy, craggily rings of lacing coated the glass and lasted until the beer was finished.

The aroma was absolutely outstanding. Amazingly hoppy and fragrant. Bright tropical fruit notes dominated. Loads of mango and musty passionfruit. Bit of guava. Peach and apricot came through strong as well. Super dank and weed-like. The marijuana notes were kicking. As the beer warmed, the dankness intensified.

The flavor profile was just as impressive as the aroma. Really juicy and fruity. Again, tropical fruit notes were in full effect. Loads of mango and passionfruit. Papaya was also noticeable. Super dank and weed-y. Touch of honey-like sweetness. Orange notes also came through strong. The beer was very juice-like. Tangerine and clementine were also apparent. The finish contained notes of orange peel and ruby red grapefruit. Amazingly well balanced with just a touch of bitterness. As in the nose, the cannabis-like dankness intensified as the beer warmed.

The mouthfeel was perhaps the only thing about this beer that did not blow me away. It was thinner bodied and somewhat over carbonated. Frothy and fluffy on the palate. With time, the carbonation settled to a more appropriate level and the beer turned smoother and more supple.

After constantly being disappointed by the uber pithy, dry and bitter wet hopped beers that Sierra Nevada puts our each year, I had a fairly negative opinion on the style. Born Yesterday, however, gave me a new perspective on them. This beer ranks right up there with Trillium's Fort Point Pale Ale and 3 Floyds's Zombie Dust as one of the best American pale ales I have ever tried, and one of the best hoppy beers period. Thank you Lagunitas for sending this to the East Coast this year.

T: Exactly like the nose; however towards the backend a little bit of roast, a definite breadiness.

M: Medium body, almost bubble gum type of feeling, hits so many aspects of your tongue with the sweetness, a subtle tart and roastiness. Nicely Carbonated..

O: I hate you Lagunitas, I genuinely hate you. I live in Azusa where your new brewery is going and the fact I used to drive 8 hrs to Russian River and a miserable 6hr flight, staying with my in-laws in Stowe for Heady.. all those hours to taste a perfect ipa, and you come and spoil us with this easy to obtain liquid gold. I hate your other beers, but you've earned a 5 from me. This is a perfect West Coast IPA with a massive amount of Simcoe. Bless you, keep this in the rotation, or I will boycott again.

Pours a hazy orange with a foamy khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Foamy rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, citrus zest, and tropical fruit aromas. Taste is much the same with citrus zest, tropical fruit, and pineapple juice flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with fantastic citrus and tropical fruit forward hop characteristics that make this one quite tasty and super easy to drink.

Deep golden hue with a perfect clarity, a whole lot of suds that stick around and leave rings on the glass. The Mosaic and Equinox hops are dominant as their uniqueness comes through both in the nose and on the taste buds. Woody, earthy, piney, herbal, pithy, and floral all come from the hops. The use of fresh hops is amazing, seek this brew out now.

S - I swear i could smell this thing before i even popped the cap; Huuuuuge huge huge hop juices oozing out of this thing at every angle. Huge aromatic; piney, lemony, sticky, gooey, oily, dense. Smells like a freshly juiced hop nugget for damn sure. Notes of fruit zest: grapefruit, oranges, blood orange, lemon, assorted citrus. Perhaps some subtle notes of bready earthy rye in there. I'm not sure I've ever smelled a 'Fresh Hop' IPA that smelled this nice, or any IPA for that matter. I think i might give it the 5.

M - Feel is extremely smooth, crisp, & clean. Ridiculously easy-drinking and quenching for the 7.00% abv. I could probably down a sixer of this stuff before i even knew it. Light-bodied, with excellent carb. Some mildly bitter & piney hop oils lingering on the palate, along with perhaps a touch of spice (rye?).

Overall, i would be lying if i said this wasn't one of the best fresh IPA's i've ever had, which it surely is. Highly recommended stuff; i will be buying much more of this next time i see it.

Pours a murky yellow/orange with a frothy head.
So many aromas that boil down to a super citrusy nose hit.
Taste is pure flowery citrus. Smack in the face hoppy.
Hops front and center, malt makes for a subtle balance.
This is better than last years version, imo.

Awesome beer, one of the best hop forward pale ales I have had. I have had it on draft and out of the bottle. I totally agree with other reviewers who say that if this had been done by another "more hyped" brewery it would be way more sought after. I am a New Englander and I would put this in the same class with Edward, MO and Lights On - only it's 11.99 for a six pack and I don't have to drive far or wait in line for it! Def pick this up if you have the chance

1L howler from Sherbrooke Liquor store, apparently the only format this is currently available in around these parts. Something tells me that this one didn't quite arrive in the titular time frame.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, pale golden amber colour, with a rising tower of puffy, rocky, and mostly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some sudsy shotgun blast lace around the glass as it evenly subsides.

The carbonation is nice and light and fluffy in its engaging frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and fairly smooth for such a hop-forward offering, with perhaps even a hint of airy creaminess arising as things evolve out of winter cooler temperatures. It finishes off-dry, the malt successful in its previous feeling around for its wayward balls, while the admittedly still fresh-seeming west-coast hops take their foot off the gas just enough to let us all fucking breathe.

Overall, a well-rendered, and enjoyable example of this seasonal version of the base style, i.e., one where the hops are not of the pelleted, but instead more of the time-sensitive format. Anyways, crazy-easy to drink, given the well-balanced nature of the bittering agents, even if their off-sets are a bit lazy in their eventual 'debut'. I wasn't born yesterday, so I guess I get to say that, yeah, this is pretty good stuff.

Look: Very hazy golden body beneath a short head of off-white that drops fairly readily and leaves only spotty lacing behind.
Smell: Bright, fresh, resinous, and fruity (orange, apricot, papaya). Really impressive!
Taste: Even fuller than the aroma suggests with additional fruity notes of mango, passionfruit, guava, berries, and pineapple. A sweetish, doughy and grainy malt base supports it, and a solid bitterness and spritz of alcohol balance it and bring it to a dry finish. Lightly floral and spicy in the finish.
Feel: Medium bodied with a dextrinous side. Gently crisp and then smooth with a median, fine-bubbled carbonation.
Overall: At 7.2% ABV and loaded with hops this is hardly a "pale ale" unless you add the word "India" in front. It's also a fresh hop ale, and unfiltered. There's also just a touch, barely noticeable, of the chlorophyl sometimes found in fresh hop beers. I don't know for sure but I'm pretty confident that I've never found a truer representation of hop flavor in a beer. It's really quite fantastic, and ultimately completely satisfying. Quickly running through the list of beers that I have in my refrigerator right now I can say without question that whatever beer I have next won't be able to compete. I might as well have a whiskey, or a better option is to walk down to my local where they've got this on tap and have another. This gets my vote for best beer of 2017.

Lagunitas Born Yesterday Pale Ale fresh hop unfiltered is part of the Lagunitas 2017 one hitter series. Having only had a single bottle of their High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout earlier this year thanks to a generous Beer advocate I knew I was up for a treat.Floral assault on the nose in a good way. light clean mouth feel. Quite clean dry finish. This pale ale is executed exceptionally well.

Affordability and quality are two areas Lagunitas shines . Appearance is a mostly hazy amber. I hear this is the norm for this formula outside of California .If you see it at your local bottle shop or grocery store be sure to pick it up if this style is up your alley as it does not disappoint. Cheers.

T: Wow, the taste is more fruity and less herbaceous than the nose would indicate. Orange marmalade, red grapefruit, grapefruit peel, and orange zest. As it transitions toward the mid-palate, the fruits become more sweet and tropical. There's yellow peach, mango, papaya, and pineapple. Hints of toasted bread in the middle, but more as a backbone and not excessive. Finishes with a smack of green hoppiness, more cannabis, onion, grass, and pine, which leaves a lingering aftertaste of orange juice and grapefruit peel.

Extremely crystal clear body, hanging with a supper bright and brassy light gold color, and very sparse rising carbonation. The head froths like an IPA, big and thick, foamy with swiss chesse retention and very even in an easy three finger height, probably even bigger. Massive retention for a pale ale, thick and ring island puck presence and lace. Excellent looking aggressive pale ale brew.

Aroma goes for classic hop earth and fun. Juiced earthy tones, dank qualities, and lots of green thick herbs. One dimensional but with a good dimension as much of the other characteristics can't make a dent from this large hop haze in terms of scent.

Palate brings a much different level of appreciation. Sweet juiced body, very controlled, with soft caramel in the mid palate. Finishes thick with mild hop citrus and tropical qualities. Dank earth quality and sticky senses has taken a much different back seat, if only adding to the bitterness in the aftertaste. Extremely easy drinkablity, with a full rich malt thickness that isn't overly sweet, syrupy, or cloying. Mild tea like herbs as well on the finish, getting into a good soft green complexity.

A real good example of hop forward but also level headed American pale ale, with a good degree of sophistication. Super drinkable, and a hop forward brew that doesn't become one dimensional and all about the hops. Great stuff.

Picked up this gem last weekend... I hope the week in the fridge hasn't destroyed the wonderful lupulin party I was promised by the label. Clear golden with a good enough white head, but there are seriously a TON of protein floaties (that with a pro dexterity were kept mainly in the bottle).. No shit.. BUNCHES of coagulated particulate (weird, but never effects the nose and palate).. Fantastic citrus and tropical fruit party bowl of hoppiness in the aroma and the flavor... but not the expected bitterness that would come with an IPA.. Just a monstrously hop forward pale ale in unfamiliar ranks.. Few pale ales have packed this much up-front hoppiness and it is testament to the integrity of Lagunitas... Great beers for a great price and frequently incredible beers for a great price. MANY neckbeards would be overwhelming the geek forums if this was made by the "hyped brewery of the week"... Instead, much of the country can buy a 6'er for $11ish. Props to the good folks in Petaluma.

This has to be one of the best Lagunitas beers I've ever had. I can't stop thinking about it since I tried it. Far less hop oil slickness as compared to their little sumpin, IPA and others.

Malt balance is outstanding in this very hoppy, explosively floral pale ale. Beautiful in the glass with two fingers of foamy white head. Clear brilliance that is a signature of Lagunitas. Crisp and quaffable on the finish, no booziness to speak of. You could drink this all afternoon if you had nothing else important going on.

Bottled 10/26/15. A good beer for sure, but definitely on the overrated side. I suspect that as the "hads" and reviews mount, this beer will settle into where it belongs. That said....it's an enjoyable beer. Has that distinctive Lagunitas taste profile.

Had this fresh hop last year. This years is better a superb brew.. Pours a hazy cloudy golden yellow with a nice white head with streaks of lacing. Smell is topical its mango and peach with citrus and tangerine . Taste follows nose with very little bitterness or malt its just fresh juicy hops. This is a NE IPA all the way, was so impressed with this one went out to buy another sixer to find out my store sold out.

Vibrant hazy yellow orange with decent head retention. The smell is of walking through a citrus grove. Fresh orange and grapefruit blast the nose with some floral grass in the background. The taste is essentially the same. Starts with sweet tasting oranges and finishes with bitter grapefruit. Very minimal malt that comes into play. Mouthfeel is light, crisp, and on the dryer side. The malt could have been more involved to help balance some of the bitterness- just my personal preference. Definitely worth a try.

They kicked off New Beer Sunday (Week 610) just a short while ago & I am jumping in with some fresh/wet-hopped ales as they beg for consumption as early as possible. Not necessarily early in the day, but early in their shelf life.

From the bottle: "2016 OneHitter Series"; "Unfiltered"; "Imagine yourself in a field of dreams, brewer's dreams; that is to say; A field of hops, Mosaic, Amarillo, Equinox, & other special varieties curated by the great men and women who ply the lands and trellis' of the Yakima Valley in Washington State, now inhale, now sip, now swallow ..." [sic].

I Pop!ped the cap, but as usual/always, "Unfiltered" means a nice, gentle pour in the hopes of not rousing any lees that may have settled. Well, so much for that idea! Even the gentlest of pours was resulting in a LOT of turbidity. So be it. An in-glass swirl raised a brief finger of foamy, tawny head that seemed anxious to return to the wisps from which it had arisen. Color was a cloudy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7), but The Gelt Gang remained on the sofa, watching football as they prefer their gold to have clarity. Nose was piney, sticky & dank. I should not have expected anything else or less. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was mainly pine, some grapefruit citrus and just enough tropical fruitiness to keep things interesting and unexpected. Finish was semi-dry, not overly bitter, but not as tasty as the others today had been. One of today's questions is about rating to taste, not to style. I find it tough to hold the line with this one. I would have liked greater clarity, I felt that the taste was sharper than in other examples & I just did not find it worthy of the kinds of scores that dovetail with the current average of 4.42. I apologize, but I liked other better,